Article-supporting bracket



March 17, 1959 A. sows-ram.

ARTICLE-SUPPORTING BRACKET Fi led Oct. 20. 1955 INVENTOR. Ara-munGOLPSTElN v ArroRNE? ARTICLE-SUPPORTING BRACKET Arthur Goldstein, St.Louis County, Mo. Application October 20, 1955, Serial No. 541,742. 1Claim. (Cl. 248-302) This invention relates to an article-supportingbracket, but more particularly to such a bracket that is primarilyintended to be used in locations that are exposed to the winds, as inoutside locations.

A principal object of my invention is to so construct such a bracketthat when a poster, decoration or other suitable article or object thathas a relatively large area exposed to the wind, is mounted thereon, thebracket will be especially well able to withstand such wind pressureswithout permitting the bracket to be bent out of shape or broken by thewind.

Another object of the invention is to so construct such a bracket sothat it is adapted to be readily mounted to some supporting structure,and in which the article-supporting portion of the bracket will extendforwardly or outwardly from said supporting structure and into the pathof the wind, for several feet or more so that a relatively high leverageforce is exerted on the bracket by the wind.

An added object of my invention is to so construct such a bracket thatit will include a base that may be mounted to lie substantially in avertical plane on the supporting structure, the bracket including aone-piece article-supporting element that is made of wire and which issubstantially immovably secured to said base that it will be maintainedsubstantially rigid and able to readily withstand outdoor wind pressuresof the magnitude that are considered likely to occur.

Many other objects and advantages of the invention herein shown anddescribed will be obvious to those skilled in the invention, as will beapparent from the disclosures herein given.

To this end, my invention consists in the novel construction,arrangement and combination of parts herein shown and described, and theuses mentioned, as will be more clearly pointed out in the descriptionthat follows.

In the drawings, wherein like reference characters represent like orcorresponding parts throughout the views,

Figure l is a front elevation view of the device, ready to be mounted toa vertical supporting structure; and

Figure 2 is a perspective view of the same, as viewed from the side.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, wherein I have illustrateda preferred embodiment of my invention, there is shown a bracket that isprimarily intended to be secured to a suitable upright supporting wallor similar supporting structure, including utility poles or the like,preferably in some outdoor location, so that the bracket and any articleor object mounted on the same will be exposed to wind forces.

Some of the articles intended to be carried by the bracket include,among other things, banners, placards, flags, decorations, etc., so asto attract the attention of passers-by.

The device or fixture may include a base that may be of one or moreparts that lie in the same general plane, as for instance the pair ofsubstantially parallel spaced- 2,877,971 Patented Mar. 17, 1959 theiroriginal shape and form after being mounted.

The article-supporting element itself is preferably formed of a singlelength of wire of strength and rigidity.

suitable for the purpose, as it is apparent that when a small article isto be supported on the same there will be less wind-pressure exertedthereon than if an article.

of. greater area were-so supported.

This length of wire is bent upon itself intermediate its length as at3'to form-the approximately triangular form. shown, the pair of arms orlegs 4 and 5 diverging rearwardly of said point or place of bend 3, toprovide the length or size that will receive the intended article to besupported thereon. The pair of arms lie in a plane, and in this case, itis a vertical plane when the element is actually mounted upon the barsand positioned in place on the supporting structure outdoors. Further,it is to be noted that I prefer to have the lower arm extendsubstantially horizontally, while the upper arm extends at an angle tosaid lower arm.

The arms are intended in most instances to be at least several feet inlength, so as to support a poster or other article of similar size (andindicated in dotted lines in Fig. 2) thereon and in many cases flatlysuperimposed thereon and in alignment with the arms. Obviously, whensuch large posters, placards, etc., are so mounted and placed inlocations exposed to the outside winds, a considerable pressure isexerted on the hanger element, these posters being in many cases withoutperforations therethrough that might permit wind passage in some degree.

In order to properly reinforce the wire element so as to withstand theexpected wind pressures without becoming deformed or actually breaking,each arm has a first portion of length commencing from the rearmost endof the arm bent transversely or horizontally to provide the portions 6and 7 respectively, these portions 6 and 7 extending in mutuallyopposite directions and being fixedly or immovably secured to the bars(one such portion to one bar, and the other portion to the other bar),as by welds 8 or the like. As shown the portion 6 extends to the left,while the corresponding portion 7 extends to the right.

A second bend is made to provide the pair of wire length portions 9 and10 respectively that extend substantially vertically, in mutuallyopposite directions, one such portion 10 extending downwardly to itsterminus while the other portion 9 extends upwardly to the correspondingterminus. These vertically extending portions are each immovably securedto both bars in a manner similar to that given the portions 6 and 7, asby the welds 8. It is also to be mentioned that the successively bentportions 6-9 and 7-10 lie substantially in the same vertical plane.

When this bracket is mounted to a support so as to be in substantiallythe position indicated in the drawings, that is with the pair of arms invertical alignment, and with the poster or other preferred articlemounted thereon was to have a portion bridging across the said pair ofarms, a relatively high intensity of wind will fail to bend the arms,inasmuch as they are properly reinforced both vertically andhorizontally to resist the bending force.

I claim:

An article supporting element of the class described, comprising upperand lower horizontally disposed wall engaging bars having a hangerelement secured thereto, the said element consisting of an integralpiece of wire return bent upon itself to provide a V-shaped articlesupport having upper and lower arms lying in substantially In most casessaid bars are made of metalstrips that are strong enough to remain rigidand maintain the same vertical plane, wherein the lower arm extendsoutwardly at a right angle to said lower bar and has the rearmostportion thereof bent to form two sections, one of said sectionsextending horizontally at a right angle to the said lower arm andengaging said lower bar along the entire length of said section, and theother ofsaid sections extending upwardly from the first section andspanning the distance between said bars with the upper end thereofsecured to the upper bar, and wherein the upper arm of said hangerelement is inclined upwardly from the outermost end of said articlesupport to engage the upper bar, the rearmost end of said upper armbeing bent similar to the rearmost end of the lower arm but in reversedirections whereby one of the rearmost sections of the upper arm engagesalong its entire length the upper bar and the other of said sectionsextends down wardly from the first section to span the space between if77,97 r.

said bars and having the free end thereof attached to the lower bar. I

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